Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation

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All objects in the universe exert a gravitational force of attraction on each other.

 

Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation formula

\(\large{ F_g = G\; \frac{m_1 \;m_2}{r^2} }\) 
Symbol English Metric
\(\large{ F_g }\) = gravitational force  \(\large{ \frac{ft}{sec^2} }\)  \(\large{ \frac{m}{s^2} }\)
\(\large{ m_1 }\) = mass of object 1 \(\large{ lbm }\) \(\large{ kg }\)
\(\large{ m_2 }\) = mass of object 2 \(\large{ lbm }\) \(\large{ kg }\)
\(\large{ r }\) = radius distance between objects \(\large{ ft }\) \(\large{ m }\)
\(\large{ G }\) = universal gravitational constant \(\large{\frac{lbf-ft^2}{lbm^2}}\)  \(\large{\frac{N - m^2}{kg^2}}\) 

 

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